Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.
The future of artificial intelligence might not be as much a story about engineering as a story about evolution.
A new study reveals how a remarkable group of plants on the Galápagos Islands developed their diverse leaf shapes—offering ...
As you may have heard via a barrage of internet memes, evolution can't get enough of crab-like forms. The body shape of crabs ...
When our distant ancestors first traded nomadic life for farming, villages, and permanent homes, you might assume that the ...
New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...
Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, according to a new study.
Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.